United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Nomination of Helen Wilson Nies To Be an Associate Judge.

The President today announced that he will nominate Helen Wilson Nies, of Washington, D.C., to be an Associate Judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. She would replace the late Donald E. Lane.

Nies has been with the Washington firm of Howrey & Simon since 1978.

She was born August 7, 1925, in Birmingham, Ala. She received a B.A. (1946) and LL.B. (1948) from the University of Michigan.

From 1948 to 1951, she was with the Justice Department, and in 1951 she was with the Office of Price Stabilization. From 1961 to 1978, she was with the firm of Woodson, Pattishall & Garner.